Happy Earth Day! Eco-Andersonville is excited to celebrate Earth Day’s 40 years of cherishing, honoring, and preserving our planet. One year ago, Eco-Andersonville launched a local sustainable business certification program for Andersonville businesses. The program recognizes businesses that are making a positive impact on People, Planet, and Prosperity by adopting sustainable business practices. When we launched the program, we had three certified businesses in Andersonville.
As of today, we have nine businesses! GreenSky, Avalon Chiropractic Clinic, Green Genes, Hamburger Mary’s, Joel Berman Architecture & Design LTD, SIR Spa, The Coffee Studio, Visionary Eye Care, and Painted Light Photography & Framing Gallery!
Andersonville is a special place to do business and to shop, dine, and play. Our community’s commitment to sustainability and our dedication to our unique, local businesses set us apart. We hope that you enjoy Earth Day! And remember to shop, dine, and play sustainably at our eco-Andersonville certified businesses.
For more information about eco-Andersonville: www.eco-andersonville.org.
Keep Reading to find out all about special Earth Day offering from our eco-Andersonville certified businesses!
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A short walk from Clark Street located in the beautifully renovated Victorian building on the corner of Ashland & Balmoral is GreenSky, Nadeen Kieren’s eco-boutique featuring recycled, reclaimed, Fair Trade, & socially conscious products, many handmade by American artists. From handmade decorative tiles and vase to outdoor furniture made out of plastic milk jugs, each item has a story.
Our Favorite Thing featured in the Andersonville Holiday Gift Guide from GreenSky, these fantastic License Plate Art pieces ($42.00-$130.00) show off your Chicago pride and make a great gift for any Cubs/Andersonville fan.
Also featured from GreenSky are beautiful handmade Cutting Boards made from recovered hardwood scraps and assorted French Soaps & Lotions.
GreenSky, 5357 N. Ashland, 773-275-1911. Holiday hours: Wednesday-Saturday 11:00 am – 7:00 pm, Sunday 12:00 noon – 5:00 pm. Closed Monday & Tuesday.
Be sure to check out the Plein Air Painters exhibit at the Edgewater Historical Society.
Yesterday we took a look at the businesses south of Foster who are participating in Andersonville Arts & Home Weekend, October 2-4. Today we turn our attention to the west to look at those businesses that may be a little off the beaten path (aka not right on Clark Street between Foster and Balmoral) but are totally worth the incredibly short walk.
Andersonville’s western boundary is Ravenswood, and if you head in that direction along Balmoral you will quickly come across four great businesses that are not to be missed during Andersonville Arts & Home Weekend. After the jump we take a look at these four and what they will be doing this weekend.
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It’s time to annouce the winners of the Andersonville 20/20 Display and Promotion Contest, where Andersonville’s businesses went head-to-head to create the best Andersonville 20/20-themed displays and promotions!
Didn’t hear about the contest? You should have signed up for Andersonville 20/20. Only registered Andersonville 20/20 Challengers were able to vote for the best Andersonville 20/20 displays and promotions. As a thank-you for voting, Challengers also recieved a FREE raffle ticket in the 20/20 Sidewalk Sale raffle (winners will be chosen this Friday, August 7th). View pictures of some of the display and see who won the contest after the jump!
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Summer is the time to be out in the neighborhood! As the days get warmer and you get the “itch” to be on the street, remember to shop
local and
sustainable this summer.
In Andersonville, five businesses have been certified as eco-Andersonville sustainable businesses. This means that the business has adopted sustainable practices that make a positive impact on People, Planet, and Prosperity.
How to keep cool this summer at eco-Andersonville Certified Sustainable businesses:
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As promised, we want to tell you in-detail about eco-Andersonville, a groundbreaking environmental initiative in the Andersonville commercial corridor.
eco-Andersonville aims to make the business district completely sustainable by encouraging and promoting sustainability- economic, social, and environmental. The flagship program is the Sustainable Business Certification Program which certifies businesses as “green” by a rigorous checklist of sustainable business practices. This program has fully launched and an eco-Andersonville decal hangs on the doors of five certified sustainable businesses!
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Happy Earth Day! Eco-Andersonville is excited to celebrate Earth Day’s 40 years of cherishing, honoring, and preserving our planet. One year ago, Eco-Andersonville launched a local sustainable business certification program for Andersonville businesses. The program recognizes businesses that are making a positive impact on People, Planet, and Prosperity by adopting sustainable business practices. When we launched the program, we had three certified businesses in Andersonville. As of today, we have nine businesses! GreenSky, Avalon Chiropractic Clinic, Green Genes, Hamburger Mary’s, Joel Berman Architecture & Design LTD, SIR Spa, The Coffee Studio, Visionary Eye Care, and Painted Light Photography & Framing Gallery!
